September 2008 Back to School for Teachers: Opportunities for Professional Learning "Content-literacy professional development differs from many other types of teacher professional development because it involves teaching and learning within and across content areas. Content-literacy professional development focuses on the literacy and learning skills that form the foundation for academic success: supporting students to become strategic readers, proficient writers, effective speakers and presenters, skillful investigators, and critical and creative thinkers across content areas.”    ―Julie Meltzer and Melvina Phillips May 2005 Explicit Comprehension Strategies Read This Issue Open Archives Date | Author | Title | "A Look at the OGT"		CONTENTS Feature Designing Effective Content-Literacy Professional Development by Julie Meltzer and Melvina Phillips   Classroom Vignettes "What I Did on My Summer Vacation": Taking Advantage of Professional Learning Opportunities   A Fresh Perspective on In Perspective: How a Professional Learning Community Used In Perspective to Drive Change at One Middle School in Northeast Ohio by Lori G. Wilfong   Summer Book Club by Brenda Doyle and Linda Gore   The Story of e-Read Ohio by Lisa Lenhart   A Look at the OGT Professional Learning Through Test Analysis by Carol Brown Dodson   For Your Bookshelf Books by Irvin, Meltzer, & Dukes, Taylor & Collins, and Lent by Beth Munger   From the ORC Collection More Resources for Back to School for Teachers: Opportunities for Professional Learning   Share Your Expertise and Insights Write for Adolescent Literacy In Perspective Adolescent Literacy In Perspective examines issues from many points of view. We strive to share classroom experiences, innovative ideas, and promising practices from across Ohio. If you are interested in submitting an article, contact us at editor@ohiorc.org.
Upcoming In Perspective Issue Topics Fall–Winter 2008 Reading and Writing Persuasive Text Mathematics, Science, and Literacy